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Fucking disgusting. And he doesn’t see the link between his murdering his first wife and the murder of his second wife at the hands of her former “owners”: men expressing ultimate ownership of women’s bodies. Women are literally property in this viewpoint, where her death amounts to little more than a territorial dispute.

Also, and this is my cultural ignorance showing, isn’t it possible if uncommon under Islamic law to 1) have a second wife, or 2) get a divorce? Why the fuck would he resort to killing?

Associate Professor Davleena Ghosh from the University of Technology in Sydney says law enforcement is part of the problem.

“The usual sort of joke amongst women in India is that if you get raped, you don’t go to the police station because you’ll just get raped again,” Professor Ghosh said.

Women’s whole status as a carrier of honour and shame within south Asian cultures [is] one of the major reasons why often women are assaulted.
Associate Professor Davleena Ghosh

“And the police [officer] is often the last person you would go to if you’ve had some form of sexual violence against you.

“Very often the police will not even accept first information reports or will refuse to do so if they have some connection with other people, and they will blame the woman for in fact being a loose woman or a prostitute.”

As well as India’s lethal misogyny, there’s also that abomination, the Caste system to consider, the BBC reported that the victims were from India’s lowest caste, the Dalits, why would the police bother to investigate?